[Alcoholism and the elderly: the importance of blood chemistry parameters for the diagnosis].
This paper again affirms the epidemiological significance of alcoholism in the elderly. The results of a study on 99 chronic alcoholic patients sixty-year older have been reported.


CONCLUSIONS
The laboratory tests for diagnosis normally used for screening of alcoholism are not enough considered in the elderly. In those patients more parameters have to be evaluated.
Santonastaso
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Divisione di Medicina Generale II, ULSS 7, Ospedale Civile, Conegliano, Treviso.
Ottolini
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Pace
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Piccolo
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Cecchetti
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Dalla Bona
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006403:Hematologic Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
Alcolismo e anziani: importanza dei parametri ematochimici per la diagnosi.